Chicago woman charged with impersonating cop

52-year-old was convicted in similar 2009 case

November 20, 2011|By Andy Grimm, Chicago Tribune reporter

Despite the badge she's worn, the loaded handgun she's carried and the Chicago police logo embroidered on her hat, Lucretia Kibble is not a Chicago cop — no matter how many times she has told people she is, Cook County prosecutors said Saturday.

Kibble, 52, was arrested last week and charged with impersonating a police officer while working as a security guard for a South Side restaurant, just as she was last year, authorities said. She also faces charges of illegally carrying a loaded 9 mm handgun.

Police officers acting on a tip confronted Kibble while she was working at Kevin's Hamburger Heaven, 554 W. Pershing Road.

Kibble had convinced the restaurant's manager that she was a police officer, telling him and at least one co-worker that she was "assigned to headquarters," prosecutors said.

In court, Kibble wore a navy blue windbreaker, a dark T-shirt and black slacks — the outfit she allegedly had on when police approached her at the restaurant.

She is on probation for a 2009 conviction for impersonating an officer while working as a security guard at a lounge. In that case, police said they found Kibble wearing a Chicago Police sweater and a bulletproof vest.